1917 American League

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The 1917 season of the American League was the seventeenth season of the league.

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Season summary

1917 World Series champion Chicago White Sox

Standings

Bold indicates league champion, Italics indicates World Series champion

Rank	Team	G	W	L	T	WPCT	GB	RS (RS/G)	RA (RA/G)	AVG	OBP	SLG	ERA	FPCT
1	Chicago White Sox	156	100	54	2	.641	-.-	656 (4.21)	464 (2.97)	0.253	0.323	0.326	2.16	0.968
2	Boston Red Sox	157	90	62	5	.573	9.0	555 (3.54)	454 (2.89)	0.246	0.310	0.319	2.20	0.972
3	Cleveland Indians	156	88	66	2	.564	12.0	584 (3.74)	543 (3.48)	0.245	0.320	0.322	2.52	0.964
4	Detroit Tigers	154	78	75	1	.506	21.5	639 (4.15)	577 (3.75)	0.259	0.323	0.344	2.56	0.964
5	Washington Senators	157	74	79	4	.471	25.5	543 (3.46)	566 (3.61)	0.241	0.308	0.304	2.75	0.961
6	New York Yankees	155	71	82	2	.458	28.5	524 (3.38)	558 (3.60)	0.239	0.306	0.308	2.66	0.965
7	St. Louis Browns	155	57	97	1	.368	43.0	510 (3.29)	687 (4.43)	0.246	0.301	0.315	3.20	0.957
8	Philadelphia Athletics	154	55	98	1	.357	44.5	529 (3.44)	691 (4.49)	0.254	0.312	0.323	3.27	0.961

League leaders

Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record

Batting

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Games Played	Everett Scott	Boston Red Sox	157
At Bats	Ty Cobb	Detroit Tigers	588
Runs Scored	Donie Bush	Detroit Tigers	112
Hits	Ty Cobb	Detroit Tigers	225
Doubles	Ty Cobb	Detroit Tigers	44
Triples	Ty Cobb	Detroit Tigers	24
Home Runs	Wally Pipp	New York Yankees	9
Total Bases	Ty Cobb	Detroit Tigers	335
Runs Batted In	Bobby Veach	Detroit Tigers	103
Stolen Bases	Ty Cobb	Detroit Tigers	55
Walks	Jack Graney	Cleveland Indians	94
Hit by Pitch	Elmer Miller Wally Schang Tubby Spencer Bobby Veach	New York Yankees Philadelphia Athletics Detroit Tigers Detroit Tigers	9
Strikeouts	Braggo Roth	Cleveland Indians	73
Sacrifice Hits	Ray Chapman	Cleveland Indians	67
Batting Average	Ty Cobb	Detroit Tigers	0.383
On-Base Percentage	Ty Cobb	Detroit Tigers	0.444
Slugging Percentage	Ty Cobb	Detroit Tigers	0.570
On-Base plus Slugging	Ty Cobb	Detroit Tigers	1.014
On-Base plus Slugging Plus	Ty Cobb	Detroit Tigers	209

Pitching

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Wins	Eddie Cicotte	Chicago White Sox	28
Losses	Bob Groom Allen Sothoron	St. Louis Browns St. Louis Browns	19
Win-Loss Percentage	Ed Klepfer	Cleveland Indians	0.778
Appearances	Dave Danforth	Chicago White Sox	50
Games Started	Dave Davenport	St. Louis Browns	39
Complete Games	Babe Ruth	Boston Red Sox	35
Shutouts	Stan Coveleski	Cleveland Indians	9
Games Finished	Dave Danforth	Chicago White Sox	26
Saves	Dave Danforth	Chicago White Sox	9
Innings Pitched	Eddie Cicotte	Chicago White Sox	346.2
Batters Faced	Babe Ruth	Boston Red Sox	1313
Hits Allowed	Jim Bagby	Cleveland Indians	277
Home Runs Allowed	Ray Caldwell	New York Yankees	8
Base-on-Balls Allowed	Jim Shaw	Washington Senators	123
Hit Batsmen	Carl Mays	Boston Red Sox	14
Strikeouts	Walter Johnson	Washington Senators	188
Wild Pitches	Dave Davenport	St. Louis Browns	11
Balks	Eddie Cicotte Jim Shaw	Chicago White Sox Washington Senators	2
Runs Allowed	Dave Davenport	St. Louis Browns	137
Earned Runs Allowed	Elmer Myers	Philadelphia Athletics	99
Earned Run Average	Eddie Cicotte	Chicago White Sox	1.53
Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched	Eddie Cicotte	Chicago White Sox	0.912

Postseason

In the World Series, the American League champion Chicago White Sox defeated the National League's New York Giants, 4 games to 2.

Umpires

• Tom Connolly
• Bill Dinneen
• Billy Evans
• George Hildebrand
• Barry McCormick
• George Moriarty
• Dick Nallin
• Silk O'Loughlin
• Brick Owens

Further Reading

• Tom Ruane: "A Retro-Review of the 1910s (the 1917 edition)", Retrosheet.org [1]